Georges Thinès

Georges Thinès (born February 10, 1923 in Liège , † October 25, 2016 in Court-Saint-Etienne ) was a Belgian psychologist and writer .

Life and accomplishments

Georges Thinès was born on February 10, 1923 as the child of a mining engineer in Liège, Belgium, in the province of the same name . From 1944 to 1946 he served in the Belgian section of the Royal Navy . Then he studied philosophy and psychology in Leuven .

In 1959 he wrote his first lyric work, Poésies , and began his career as a writer. His first prose work, Les Effigies (portraits), was published in 1970. His literary work includes poetry , novels , short stories , novels , plays and essays .

Despite his success as a writer, he did not neglect his scientific career. In 1955 he received a doctorate in psychology and in 1957 a bachelor's degree in philosophy. In 1963 he became a full professor at the Université catholique de Louvain and taught ethology , experimental psychology, phenomenological psychology and philosophical anthropology. In 1967 he founded the psychological faculty and was its dean until 1972. In 1989 he was visiting professor at the Collège de France and was a corresponding member of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris .

It is also worth mentioning that Thinès co-founded the symphonic orchestra of the Université catholique de Louvain. There he played the first violins under the direction of Louis Weemaels , the former conductor of the Belgian State Orchestra ( Orchester national de Belgique ).

Awards

In 1971 he received the Francqui Prize for his scientific achievements, in 1974 the Prix Victor Rossel for his literary work. On June 10, 1978 he was elected to succeed Marcel Thiry as a member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique . In 1991 Thinès was awarded another literary prize, the Prix Bernheim . In 2004 he received the Prix Renaissance de la Nouvelle . He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain.

Works

poetry

Poésies , Éditions des Artistes, Brussels 1959.
L'Aporie suivi de Stèle pour Valéry , André De Rache, Brussels 1968.
Le Tramway des officiers , Gallimard, Paris 1974.
Théorèmes pour un Faust , Le Cormier, Brussels 1983.
La Statue du lecteur , Éditions du Spantole, Thuin 1984.
Logos l'absent , Le Cormier, Brussels 1986.
Les Cités interdites , La Différence, Paris 1990.
Gémonies , L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 1995.
Astaroth l'androgyne , L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 1996.
L'Imperfection , L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 1996.
Janus , L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne 1996.
Connaissance de l'Érèbe , L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 1997.
L'Exil imprononcé , Le Cormier, Brussels 1999.
Eros simulacre , L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 2000.

Novels

Les Effigies , Gallimard, Paris 1970.
L'Œil de fer , Balland, Paris 1977.
Les Vacances de Rocroi , Balland, Paris 1982; New edition CEFAL, Liège 2007.
La Face cachée , L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne 1994.
Madame Küppen et l'autre monde , L'Âge d'homme, coll. «Contemporains», Lausanne 2007.

stories

Les Objets vous trouveront , Balland, Paris 1979; New edition CEFAL, Liège 2007.
La bibliothèque du château , in Il était douze fois Liège , Mardaga, Liège 1980.
Le Désert d'Alun , Jacques Antoine, Brussels 1986.
La Leçon interrompue , CFC Éditions, Brussels 1998.
Le Songe de Thucydide , L'Harmattan, Paris 2001.

Novellas

L'Homme troué , Le Cri, Brussels 1981.
Le Quatuor silencieux , L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne 1987.
L'Amour aveugle , Le Pré aux sources, Brussels 1993.
Le Voyageur lacunaire , Le Rouergue, Rodez 2003.

Plays

Orphée invisible , André De Rache, Brussels 1974.
La Succursale , Lansman, Carnières 1991.
L'Horloge parlante , Lansman, Carnières 1991.

Essays

Théorie de la causalité perceptive , Nauwelaerts, Löwen 1962.
Psychologie des animaux , Dessart, Brussels 1966.
The problem of psychology , Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1968.
L'évolution régressive des poissons cavernicoles et abyssaux , Masson, Paris 1969.
Atlas de la vie souterraine , together with R. Tercafs, Boubée, Paris 1972.
Phenomenology and the sciences of behavior , Allen and Unwin, London 1977.
Phénoménologie et science du comportement , Mardaga, Lüttich 1980.
Le mythe de Faust et la dialectique du temps , L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne 1989.
Existence et subjectivité , Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Brussels 1991.
Laurel et Hardy ou les miroirs déformants , La Lettre volée, Brussels 1998.
Victor Hugo et la vision du futur , La Renaissance du Livre, Tournai 2002.
Rimbaud maître du feu , L'Arbre à Paroles, coll. "L'Œil ouvert", Amay 2004.
Chants séculaires , together with André Doms, L'Arbre à Paroles, coll. "L'Œil à l'œuvre", Amay 2005.

Others

Dictionnaire general des sciences humaines , Éditions universitaires, Paris 1975.
Poésie Bruxelles 2000 , together with André Doms, anthology, L'Arbre à paroles, Amay 2000.
Voix d'Ovide en sa première mort , L'Arbre à Paroles, Amay 2003.
Textes Contextes , L'Arbre à Paroles, Amay 2004.

literature

40 Écrivains du Brabant wallon par eux-mêmes. 1995–2005 , Éditions Mols, Belgium 2005, ISBN 2-87402-080-X .

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personal data
SURNAME	Thinès, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian scientist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liege , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH	October 25, 2016
Place of death	Court-Saint-Etienne